. The story of Johnstown : its early settlement, rise and progress, industrial growth, and appalling flood on May 31st, 1889 . -4! I -J-S X^-?~ i^saagaai i inp i ?^-.^I^^ft .K w—.ii^=.iftis;^^*of: ?=•?;-. ^if?=«-^ ii^Ss^-:^ U; \»S^i^i0:f-^^ M :!«i. ???.?.•^^av«. i;jSiS»SV,.;.J» ^. v * •>- ^ c:::: L v^ Vl» 1 ? .!.,? ./ ( Lakfc ^riiH. wiiif VlLiv^ n> -^^ . V. THE SOUTH-FORK DAM. How AN Artificial Lake was Created—A Feedek oh the Pennsvlvania Canal—Its Rvin AND REbTORATION —The Fir-HING AND HtNTlNO ClIB —CHARTER ANLi SUBSCRIBERS — Their Wealth—A BfaltifiL Slwimer Resort—Impe
. The story of Johnstown : its early settlement, rise and progress, industrial growth, and appalling flood on May 31st, 1889 . -4! I -J-S X^-?~ i^saagaai i inp i ?^-.^I^^ft .K w—.ii^=.iftis;^^*of: ?=•?;-. ^if?=«-^ ii^Ss^-:^ U; \»S^i^i0:f-^^ M :!«i. ???.?.•^^av«. i;jSiS»SV,.;.J» ^. v * •>- ^ c:::: L v^ Vl» 1 ? .!.,? ./ ( Lakfc ^riiH. wiiif VlLiv^ n> -^^ . V. THE SOUTH-FORK DAM. How AN Artificial Lake was Created—A Feedek oh the Pennsvlvania Canal—Its Rvin AND REbTORATION —The Fir-HING AND HtNTlNO ClIB —CHARTER ANLi SUBSCRIBERS — Their Wealth—A BfaltifiL Slwimer Resort—Imperfect Construction and FaultyMaterial — Million- of Tons cf Water Burst the Barrier and Overwhelm the CONEMAUGH VaLLEV ThE FaTAL BrEAK ON THE LaST DaY OF MAV — STATEMENTS OF EyE-WiTNESSES—A VlsIT TO THE SPOT. The iem[ji!.t wears its gloom, and still The deiuse ; the yields Lies sunk and llallcned neath the sordid wav In one \i ild nionu-nt ruiritd.— OMETIMES thesupplv of water for the canal ran short,the Conenuui,L;h and Stony Creek faihny; to meet thedemand in dr\ seasons. Dams had been thro\across the streams at the outset, one at the easternend of Johnstown and the other two miles up thecreek. Yet business suffered more or less every\far from the dela\s scarcity of water rendered un-avoidable. Finalh- it was resohed to remedy thedelect bv constrnctinL. a reservoir c>ii a mountainbranch of the Conemauj,h to hold a vast i.[uantity ofwater in reserve. Engineers chose a ra\Tni on theSouth Fork. t\\o miles south of its junction with theriver and ten (;ast of Johnstown, as the picjptr ^^^^ Le,i,islnturc. ou Februar\ [Sth. 183(1. appro- priated thirtv thousand dollars towards the project. John Ililderbrand andDavid Hoover, of took the job of clearlui; the sround, wliich was 49 5° Tf!E STORY Of /i//XsYi > IIW. heavily tiinlii;, il. Cicii. J. K. <.
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